Ignoring the fact that there are many ways to help ensure the survival of society way more effective than taking increasingly large chunks of money out of people's paychecks, how does giving yet more money to some poor, inner-city single mom whose getting knocked up by her third or fourth boyfriend help society? It doesn't. It actively hurts hurts society. That's the systemic issue that needs to be addressed.
Ignoring the fact that there are many ways to help ensure the survival of society way more effective than taking increasingly large chunks of money out of people's paychecks, how does giving yet more money to some poor, inner-city single mom whose getting knocked up by her third or fourth boyfriend help society? It doesn't. It actively hurts hurts society. That's the systemic issue that needs to be addressed.